Every year the natural food industry makes a 3 day exhausting pilgrimage to Anaheim for the Natural Products Expo West. It features the latest and greatest in natural and organic including food, personal care products, pet stuff, baby stuff, manufacturing, supplements, herbs, etc. It’s complete insanity and basically equates to Halloween for hippie adults because …
Suggestions
Locally handcrafted natural soaps with no weird ingredients!
If you’re in need of a good stocking stuffer or gift, we’ve found locally-made 100% natural soaps with essential oils and organic ingredients in a base of olive, coconut and palm oils. The latest flavors available are: Organic Milk & Avocado Honey Lemon Mint with Organic Milk Cardamom Ginger Citrus Eucalyptus with Green Tea …
Olive oil report
I’m a big olive oil snob. In the future, I’ll post about what to look for in terms of good quality extra virgin olive oils, how to store them, etc. but for now here’s a report from UC Davis that analyzed a variety of different “extra virgin olive oils” and the results are very revealing. Some highlights:
ORAC comparisons for fresh herbs
Life in today’s toxic environment creates a lot of unwanted inflammation, oxidative stress and toxicity accumulation. Luckily for us, the cure is in the kitchen. Even higher than vegetables and fruits, culinary herbs reign supreme as antioxidants. If they are environmentally challenged (not in a greenhouse or homogenous environment), it causes the plants to produce …
Natural Products Expo 2010 Recommendations
This year I was only able to go to 1 day of the annual Natural Products Expo in Anaheim to scope out the latest and greatest for all of you folks. Rather than me telling you guys my suggestions during your treatments, I thought I’d save time by posting on our blog. Due to the …